Style Report: The NFL Draft's Best Look...on a 300-Pound Lineman?

For the most part, the NFL is light years behind the NBA in terms of sartorial savvy. And that’s not just a matter of culture, either: To be honest many gridiron body types just don’t work well with off-the-rack clothing. With their barrel chests and thighs the size of most mortals’ torsos, football players’ brand of power and athleticism ends up being a liability, say, in a J.Crew fitting room.

So imagine our surprise when we saw this. Meet Luke Joeckel. Luke is a six foot six, 306-pound offensive tackle from Texas AM and the second overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft. Luke also managed, despite his mammoth frame, to put together a pretty damn slick rig for his big night. Between the three-piece suit, complementary pocket square and shirt, and all-slim-everything, this is a look guys of any size would be proud to sport ourselves—no small feat for a quarterback-protecting, defender-mauling lineman who could eat us for pre-breakfast. Big men everywhere, take note: Just because you’re the size of a mountain doesn’t mean you need a big fat tie and pinstripes to match.

See the rest of the Draft’s best looks after the break.

New Vikings receiver Cordarrelle Patterson’s white dinner jacket and multicolored LV belt were no match for what he said: "I don’t want it to be too baggy and stuff. Girls don’t like that." Words to live by, men.

There was even one bright spot among the NFL Network crew. Michael Irvin broke from the usual menagerie of ugly ties and beige suits to sport this very respectable blue on blue on blue number. Not at all what we expected from a player drafted in the first round...of 1988.

Presumed first overall pick Leon Sandcastle, on the other hand, didn’t dress at all befitting a guy of his youth and supreme athletic talents—probably why he ended tumbling down the draft board.

And finally, here is Lions defensive end Ezekiel Ansah, wearing a pair of Real3D movie-theater glasses while receiving his jersey from Roger Goodell. Because when you’re so talented that you grew up in Ghana, never played football until 2010, and still go number five overall, it’s acceptable to give no fucks.

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